Quebec Competencies Chart - The Constructed World of TV Families

Quebec Competencies Chart - The Constructed World of TV Families

English Language Arts 10-12 Overview

Each Atlantic Province follows closely the Atlantic Provinces Education Foundation Framework for English Language Arts. In this Framework, media literacy is integrated throughout the English Language Arts curriculum under the general learning outcomes of Speaking and Listening, Reading and Viewing and Writing and Other Ways of Representing.

New Brunswick - Personal Wellness 7

Strand: Wellness

Big Idea: Helpful and Harmful Choices

Skill Descriptor:

Describe the impacts of food, substance, and screen time use/misuse on health and well-being.  

Achievement Indicators:

Use decision-making and refusal skills to deal with pressures around food choice, harmful substance, and screen time.

Outcome Chart - Ontario - Health and Physical Education Grade 8

This outcome chart contains media-related learning outcomes from the Ontario Grade 8 Health and Physical Education curriculum with links to supporting resources on the MediaSmarts site.

New Brunswick - English Language Arts 7

Strand: Interactions

Big Idea: Expression

Skill Descriptor:

Describe and contribute thoughts, feelings, and experiences and compare to those of their peers.

Achievement Indicators:

    Describe observations, understandings, viewpoints, and perspectives

    Compare and contrast observations, understandings, viewpoints, and perspectives that have been shared by others

Setting family goals and intentions after the New Year

Now that we’re past the flurry of people posting about their January New Year’s resolutions (maybe some of them were realistic and easy to follow and some of them less so), it’s a good time to sit back and think about how we can start off a fresh year with intention, particularly when it comes to screen use.  

Outcome Chart - Nova Scotia - English Language Arts Grade 7

Overall Expectations:

Learners will plan oral, written, and visual personal and critical responses, in relation to audience and purpose

Specific Expectations:

Balancing your family’s media consumption over the summer

Summer can feel very long sometimes. Heck, I’ve been there. I clearly remember the days when the kids seemed crazier than a pack of wild squirrels, leaving piles of household detritus in their wake while I followed them helplessly, longing for a hot cup of coffee and five minutes in the bathroom without someone knocking on the door.